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Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others

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Now in paperback comes the bestselling, firsthand account of the early days of the NASA space program through the eyes of the man who held it all together, the former flight director for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

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Kranz, a former Air Force fighter pilot, was NASA's flight director from the start of the Mercury program. He worked on each of the Apollo missions, including the fatal Apollo 11 launch; the 1995 film Apollo 13 portrayed how Kranz led the rescue efforts of that crew. This trade paper reprint of Kranz's best-selling memoir comprises his own telling of the Apollo 13 story and much more from the space program's earliest years.
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An important addition to the chronicles of America's early space program. (Baltimore Sun)

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A breathtaking, first-hand account of the early days of the NASA space program, through the eyes of the man who held it all together...
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780425179871
Subtitle:
Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and
Author:
Kranz, Gene
Publisher:
Berkley Publishing Group
Location:
New York
Subject:
History
Subject:
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Subject:
Manned space flight
Subject:
Astronautics
Subject:
Ground support systems
Subject:
General science
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Astronautics -- United States -- History.
Subject:
United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000)
Copyright:
2001
Series:
Thorndike Paperback Bestsellers (large print)
Series Volume:
2
Publication Date:
May 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
416
Dimensions:
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